An Eerie Presence

At these words, delight flashed across Chu Mu's face, but only for an instant before it vanished.

Yet that fleeting delight had clearly been noticed by the cultivators present. Several others spoke up in succession, all agreeing with what the Jadeite Mountain Clan had said.

Seeing this, Chu Mu feigned reluctance before finally agreeing, albeit grudgingly, to break the array.

Breaking this array was not difficult for Chu Mu.

What was difficult was breaking it at Gu Yan's level.

After pondering briefly, Chu Mu's eyes suddenly lit up.

From his observations just now, this array seemed to be directed inward once again, rather than outward.

And judging by that trace of blood-red light, there had to be a Formation within a Formation. In other words, the inward-facing power of the array must have been entangled elsewhere. What he had to confront was not the power of the entire grand array...

"Gu will make the first move. If it can be done, Gu will break this array directly. If it cannot, I shall have to trouble my fellow Daoists to lend Gu a hand."

As the words fell, Chu Mu's thoughts stirred. An Array Disc and several array flags hovered before him.

Though he had crossed the sea under false pretenses and assumed Gu Yan's identity, such impersonation relied only on the fragments of memory obtained through soul searching and an impeccable Divine Soul Aura. Naturally, he could not perfectly replicate Gu Yan's own methods.

Or rather, it was simply impossible to replicate them.

Not to mention the haste of the circumstances, Chu Mu was not a Gu Cultivator, nor did he possess Gu Yan's earth-attributed cultivation.

The identity of an Array Formation Master was clearly the best cover.

He raised a hand and formed a seal. Spiritual light flickered at